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Winckworth Allan Gay  American  1821 -1910
Born: West Hingham Massachusetts  
Died: West Hingham Massachusetts  
Active: West Point New York  1838
 Europe  1847-1851, 1873
Boston Massachusetts  1851, 1881-1890
West Campton New Hampshire  1850s
  Japan 1877-1881
Addresses:  West Hingham Massachusetts   
Studied: U.S. Milittary Academy, West Point 1838
Paris 1847-1851
Instructors: Robert Walker Weir 1838
Constant Troyon 1847-1851
Exhibited: Brooklyn Art Association 1872, 1879
Boston Art Club 1873-1877
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 
National Academy of Design 1869, 1875
Examples of Work: Boston Athenaeum 
Brooklyn Museum of Art 
Hingham Historical Society, Massachusetts 
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 
Specialty: Painter
Style/School: White Mountains
Hudson River School
French Barbizon
Luminism
Subjects Known For: Landscapes
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Winkworth Gay was a celebrated Boston artist who was one of the first Americans to espouse the Barbizon style of landscape painting. After training under Robert Weir at Westpoint, Gay spent four years in Europe, where he studi... (More)

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